Hugh Freeze confirmed the arrest to ESPN on Saturday, explaining that Tunsil was defending his mother after his stepdad pushed her.
The fact that star Ole Miss offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil was arrested on Friday for punching his stepfather -- an incident head coach Hugh Freeze confirmed to ESPN on Saturday -- is initially alarming. But Tunsil's actions sound as if they may actually be tinged with valor: according to Freeze and other sources, Tunsil was defending his mother.
"We can confirm that Laremy Tunsil turned himself in and was arrested for a misdemeanor, domestic violence-simple assault," Freeze said in a statement released to ESPN.